Prediction of diffusion coefficients of hydrocarbon gases in hydrocarbon liquids at high pressure and temperature

Oil Gas European Magazine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 69-77

  Jamialahmadi, M ^a   Emadi, M ^b   Muller Steinhagen H ^c  

^a University of Petroleum Industry   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMBUSTORS; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER NETWORKS; CORRELATION METHODS; DIFFUSION; DISSOLUTION; FEEDFORWARD NEURAL NETWORKS; FLUIDS; FORECASTING; HIGH PRESSURE ENGINEERING; HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS; HYDROCARBONS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); LIQUID PHASE EPITAXY; LIQUIDS; METHANE; METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; NEURAL NETWORKS; OIL FIELDS; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PETROCHEMICALS; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; PRESSURE; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS ENGINEERING; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION NETWORKS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; TWO PHASE FLOW; VEGETATION;

(001) PARAMETER; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK (ANNS); AVERAGE ERRORS; CONSTANT PRESSURE (CP); CONSTANT VOLUME (CV); CONTROL DATA (CO); CRUDE OILS; DESIGN PARAMETERS (DP); DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS (D); DODECANE; EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS; GAS INJECTION PROCESSES; HIGH PRESSURE (HP); HYDROCARBON GASES; HYDROCARBON LIQUIDS; LIQUID HYDROCARBONS; LIQUID PHASE VISCOSITY; LIQUID-PHASE; OPERATING TEMPERATURES; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRIES; PROCESS VARIABLES (PV); RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION NEURAL NETWORK (RBFNN); TEST CELLS;

GASES;

EID: 45749107650     PISSN: 03425622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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